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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties |
| Division (II) Communication of Ideas |
| Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas |
| 3. Written Language |
| 590. Writing. |
| NOUN: | WRITING &c. v.; chirography, stelography [rare], monography, stylography, cerography, graphology; pencraft, penmanship; quill driving [humorous]; typewriting. stroke -, dash- of the pen; coup de plume [F.]; line; headline; pen and ink. MANUSCRIPT, MS., writing, litterœ scriptœ [L.]; these presents [law]. CHARACTER, letter [See Letter]; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, contraction; Ogham, runes; hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic, Roman; Arabic, Persian, Naskhi or Neskhi, Shikasta, Nasta’lik or Ta’lik; Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari; Chinese; script. SHORTHAND; stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, steganography; phonography, pasigraphy, polygraphy [rare], logography. COPY; transcript, rescript; rough -, fair- copy; rough draft. HANDWRITING; signature, sign manual, mark, autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist [colloq.]. CALLIGRAPHY; good -, running -, flowing -, cursive -, Italian -, slanting -, perpendicular -, round -, copybook -, fine -, legible -, bold- hand. CACOGRAPHY, griffonage [F.], barbouillage [F.]; bad -, cramped -, crabbed -, illegible- hand; scribble &c. v.; pattes de mouche [F.], fly tracks; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers. STATIONERY; pen, reed, quill, goose quill; pencil, style, stylograph, stylographic pen, fountain pen; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, block, pad, notebook, memorandum book, copybook, commonplace-book; slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink-bottle, inkhorn, inkpot, inkstand, inkwell; typewriter. COMPOSITION, authorship; cacoëthes scribendi [L.]; graphomania; lucubration, production, work, preparation; screed, article, paper, pamphlet; book [See Book]; essay, theme, thesis; novel, textbook, poem, book of poems, book of verse; compilation, anthology; piece of music, morceau [F.] (musical composition) [See Music]. transcription (copy) [See Copy]; inscription (record) [See Record]; superscription (indication) [See Indication]. WRITER, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver [humorous]; stenographer, brachygrapher, tachygrapher, phonographer, logographer, cipherer, cryptographer or cryptographist, steganographist; typewriter, typist; writer for the press (author) [See Book]; chirographer, cerographist; monographist, graphomaniac; calligraphist, calligrapher; cacographer; graphologist. |
| VERB: | WRITE, pen, typewrite, type [colloq.]; copy, engross; write out, - fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; take down in -shorthand, - longhand; spoil -, stain- paper [humorous]; note down; write down (record) [See Record]; sign (attest) [See Evidence]; enface. COMPOSE, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold. take up the pen, take pen in hand; shed -, spill -, dip one’s pen in- ink. |
| ADJECTIVE: | writing &c. v.; written &c. v.; in writing, in black and white; under one’s hand. uncial, runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphic or hieroglyphical, arrowhead &c. n. STENOGRAPHIC, phonographic, brachygraphic, cryptographic, pasigraphic, logographic, tachygraphic; stenographical &c. |
| ADVERB: | currente calamo [L.]; pen in hand; with the pen of a ready writer; that “the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein” [Bible]. |
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